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He devoted nearly a fifth of his magnum opus to attacking the established quack system of mercantilism, which sought to maximize exports and minimize imports for the empty prize of a positive balance of trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
My friend Sharon and I had just settled at our table and ordered our dinner and drinks when she steered our conversation toward Christopher Nolan’s latest opus.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
The orange blossom had already become the state flower in 1909, and, by 1967, a year after McPhee’s opus, the orange was the state fruit.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
That’s the backdrop for Wall Street giant Citi’s 165-page opus on the global commodities outlook, written by strategists led by Maximilian Layton.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
Darwin now rushed to finish the monumental opus that he had originally intended to publish with all his findings.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
We see Holbein’s image of Anne multiplying through an 18th-century oil portrait; Jacob Houbraken’s 1738 engraving and a constellation of miniature copies; and Queen Victoria’s sketch of Giulia Grisi singing in Donizetti’s opera “Anna Bolena.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Beth Chamberlin, who played her on-screen mother in the US soap opera Guiding Light for three years, described her as "the most brilliant child actor I've ever seen".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Ms. Waleson writes on opera for the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
He also recalls first hearing a recording of Joan Hammond singing “O My Beloved Father” from Puccini’s opera, “Gianni Schicchi.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
In this situation, pretending to be a soap opera character failed to help.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Two summers ago, the most overt commonality shared by Greta Gerwig’s and Christopher Nolan’s opuses was a release date pitting the predicted box office whales against each other.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025
Still, there would be no “Sonata Pathétique” without Prince Lichnowsky’s purse strings, no Sistine Chapel without Pope Julius II, no bold young talents like Corbet making their worthy magnum opuses without someone footing the bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
The movies surrounding it are all spectacles of one kind or another: superhero opuses, space operas, historical and biblical epics.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022
He’s also known for taking excessively dull subjects, like concrete and water, and writing fascinatingly about them in magnum opuses for The New Yorker.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 1, 2020
His opuses are in demand And are the final test By which all others fall or stand In this the mighty west!
From Hoosier Lyrics by Eugene Field
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